Local currency lending, which accounted for 67.1% of all private lending in Romania, decreased 0.6% on the month in April and by 0.9% in real terms. Foreign currency lending declined 0.4% when expressed in lei and 0.7% when expressed in euros, the central bank said.
Compared with April 2019, private lending in Romania grew 5.7% in nominal terms and 2.9% in real terms, as local currency lending grew 7.4% nominally and 4.6% in real terms. Foreign currency lending grew by 2.3% when expressed in lei and by 0.6% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers stood at RON378.431 billion in April, 0.7% higher compared with March, the data showed.
Deposits grew 8.6% in nominal terms and 5.8% in real terms in April compared with April 2019.
Government credit grew 3% in April compared with March, to RON130.09 billion. Compared with April 2019, government credit grew 29% in nominal terms and 25.6% in real terms.